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In 2016, the world population was approximately 7,558,554,526 people[†]
2016William Christopher, American actor (born 1932)[†]
William Christopher was an American actor and comedian, best known for playing Private Lester Hummel on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. from 1965 to 1968 and Father Francis John Patrick Mulcahy on the television series M*A*S*H from 1972 to 1983 and its spinoff AfterMASH from 1983 to 1985.
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Spinraza, a “life-changing” drug for spinal muscular atrophy, will cost as much as $750,000 for the first year of treatment and $375,000 annually after that.
A Hollywood studio artist, painter, printmaker, calligrapher and maker of fantastical kites, Mr. Wong was one of the most celebrated Chinese-American artists of the 20th century.
Aitor Karanka, Middlesbrough’s manager, gets thick dossiers on Premier League opponents each week because survival in England’s top flight depends on it.
Trust ebbs in a precinct with many murders but too few detectives.
With corporate funding of research, “there’s no scientist who comes out of this unscathed.”
In a book about her enigmatic father, Susan Faludi explores the very meaning of gender and identity.
President-elect Donald J. Trump has made deals involving two resorts in Indonesia and forged relationships with powerful political figures there.
The president-elect has stepped into the middle of a Jewish culture war.
With three weeks left in office, the president is using all his powers to cement his legacy and make undoing it that much harder for his successor.
With Donald J. Trump making admiring remarks about Vladimir V. Putin, many Americans, accustomed to be suspicious of Russia, are confused and uneasy.
Although the Raiders left for Oakland after the 1994 season, they retained a large Southern California following, which is enjoying the team’s strong season.
The gunman was still at large after the mass shooting early Sunday in which dozens more were wounded, Turkish officials said.